Well-cleaner.



D. FRY. WELL CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1911.

1,013,933. Patented Jan.9,1912.

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D. FRY. WELL CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG, 29, 1911. 1,013,933. Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR DOCK FRY, OF CHARLESTON, ARKANSAS.

WELL-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

Application filed August 29, 1911. Serial No. 646,739.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Doox FRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Franklin and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Well-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to new and useful improvements in well cleaners and the main object thereof is to provide a device of this nature that is adapted to be used to extract buckets from board wells, and to pick up loose objects, such as chains, rope and the like, which have fallen into the well.

A further object of my invention is to provide a funnel to be utilized as a guiding means in picking up certain objects with my invention. The device is very efiicient in picking up piping or sticks or the like that have dropped into the well.

A further object of my invention is to provide a funnel that may be contracted or expanded as desired.

Reference being had to the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional view of a board well, in which can be seen my well cleaner in front elevation, the funnel thereof being somewhat contracted. Fig. 2 is also a vertical, sectional view of a board well, in which my well cleaner is illustrated in side elevation, the funnel being expanded to its fullest extent. Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of my invention as it appears with the funnel removed. Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the main bar to which all of the other parts are attached. This bar, may be used as a hand drill to dig up the mud at the bottom of a well, when cleaning the same, when all of the other parts have been removed. It can also be used as a drill to dig post holes and the like. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of my well cleaner and funnel attached thereto. Fig. 6 is a central, vertical, sectional view through the funnel shown partly contracted.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which like numerals designate like parts throughout, my invention is described as follows: The main bar 1 has secured adjacent its lower end 2, by means of nut and bolt connections 3, grabs 4, of resilient metal. Said grabs are in their normal position when they are contacting as shown in Fig. 3. Said grabs are sprung apart as illustrated in Fig. 1 and held in such position by means of a trigger 5, which consists of a bar of wood or metal. The garbs, when the funnel 12 is removed, may be used to extract buckets from Artesian wells; to pick up loose objects, such as chains, ropes and the like. By setting the trigger at an angle as shown in Fig. 1, it allows the device to be more easily sprung than when placed horizontally.

Secured below the lower end of the main bar 1, by means of strips 6 is a funnel 12, which is an important feature of the invention. When this funnel is attached to the grabs it can be used with greater efliciency. By utilizing the funnel the device may be used to pick up piping, sticks and the like. Said funnel acts as a guiding means, guiding the piping or sticks in such manner that they will slip into the proper position, to trip the trigger 5 so that they will be grabbed. Said funnel is so constructed that it may be expanded or contracted as desired. The meeting edges 8 of the funnel are adapted to overlap when a band of metal 9 is slipped downward upon the outer periphery thereof and the funnel is adapted to expand when the metal band is slipped toward the upper end thereof. The different conditions of the funnel are seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The funnel, as stated, is secured to the main bar 1, by means of strips 6, which strips are in turn secured to said bar by means of nut and bolt connections 10 adapting them to be readily removed from said bar when desired.

In order that the trigger may not be lost when the device is tripped it is secured to the lowest end of the bar 1, by suitable means such as a chain 11. A ring 13 is provided at the upper end of the bar to which is secured a rope, chain or the like.

Although I have specifically described the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts of my invention yet I do not confine myself to such specific construction, but reserve and may exercise the right to makev such changes therein as do not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A well cleaner of the kind described comprising a main bar, a pair of curved resilient grabs secured adjacent the lower end thereofwhich normally contact each other, said grabs adapted to be spread apart and held in such position, means whereby they are held in such position comprising a trigger consisting of a short bar of suitable material, a funnel held immediately below .the lower ends of the grabs.

2. A well cleaner of the kind described comprising a main bar, a pair of curved resilient grabs secured adjacent the lower end thereof which normally contact each other, said grabs adapted to be spread apart and held in such position, means whereby they are held in such position comprising a trigger consisting of a short bar of suitable material, a funnel held immediately below the lower ends of the grabs, said funnel adapted to be contracted and expanded comprising a band of metal contacting the outer periphery thereof and means interposed between the upper portion of the funnel and the lower end of the main bar whereby said funnel is secured to the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DOCK FRY. V Witnesses:

H. C. HILL, HERBERT PAGET.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

